tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76589990681806318672016-10-26T10:11:16.235-07:00Lights, Camera, Learn!Frank Guttler blogging where Education, Technology and the Movies collide.Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-39318445154538452762016-07-20T17:09:00.001-07:002016-07-20T17:13:10.621-07:00DIGICOM teaches county educators digital storytelling<h1 class="title" style="-webkit-hyphens: manual; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7vilfwdOTKo/V5AR2nYfvNI/AAAAAAAAHIM/thzTNqovbpQGY-yyMkMWx7ln4aEKqvKBQCK4B/s1600/636027227445887234-TDS-NBR-0701-WV-Schools-DIGICOM-Training-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7vilfwdOTKo/V5AR2nYfvNI/AAAAAAAAHIM/thzTNqovbpQGY-yyMkMWx7ln4aEKqvKBQCK4B/s400/636027227445887234-TDS-NBR-0701-WV-Schools-DIGICOM-Training-2.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: 18px;">For the past three summers and winter breaks, the DIGICOM Learning Institute has provided week-long digital storytelling training to Palm Springs Unified teachers and students. Last week, a cadre of educators from several Riverside County school districts had the opportunity to participate in the same training, so that they can begin to infuse digital storytelling into their classroom instruction.</span></h1><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Alexandria DeHate, who teaches video production and sixth grade English language arts and social studies at a Beaumont Unified School District middle school, said the workshop was a great opportunity to enhance her skills and learn new strategies.</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">“It’s great to attend workshops like DIGICOM to collaborate, connect, build and learn skill sets and refresh my knowledge on this subject,” DeHate said.</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Palm Desert High’s assistant principal of Career Technical Education commented that the course would assist him and his team to “create a media program and embed digital storytelling into the core curriculum” at his school.</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Frank Guttler, who heads up the education team at DIGICOM, was the lead presenter of the workshop, which included about 15 educators from Desert Sands, Corona Norco, Desert Center and Beaumont. He explained that the course builds basic media skills and introduces “aesthetics and processes” used by professional filmmakers and media producers. Interspersed throughout the week were presentations by other DIGICOM instructors focusing on filmmaking techniques, hands-on projects, and the art of storytelling and integrating digital storytelling into the classrooms.</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">“Technology integration is not about the technology. It’s not about the tool, but how you used it,” said Guttler, who was formerly a TV/film producer and associate director of the American Film Institute K-12 Screen Education Center. “This district is very open to providing the training for teachers to use digital storytelling in their classroom. You can’t make a movie without the four ‘C’s’ of Common Core [creativity, communication, collaboration and critical thinking]. There has never been a time in the history of education where the tools have been better and the educational philosophy more inclusive. Pair that with a district that embraces this philosophy and training for teachers, and it is extraordinary.</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XnjLDMDvhhE/V5ASclJnXeI/AAAAAAAAHIU/mI7lgmu78awalGBGbLKPBfym9bua5ryKQCK4B/s1600/IMG_6954.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kpMAiv2nPrs/V5ASgK2AolI/AAAAAAAAHIc/XRDoFU2wvdQBon_g51T2WZG8dLDSWhW7QCK4B/s1600/IMG_6977.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kpMAiv2nPrs/V5ASgK2AolI/AAAAAAAAHIc/XRDoFU2wvdQBon_g51T2WZG8dLDSWhW7QCK4B/s320/IMG_6977.jpg" width="320" /></a><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XnjLDMDvhhE/V5ASclJnXeI/AAAAAAAAHIU/mI7lgmu78awalGBGbLKPBfym9bua5ryKQCK4B/s320/IMG_6954.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="max-width: 100%;"><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px;">“Teachers are being trained and students are involved in interpreting the story, managing the crew, working to deadline, giving and accepting criticism and taking pride in their work,” he continued. “They are developing the skills every 21st century employer is looking for, whether they ever make another movie or not. It boils down to one word – literacy.”</div><div style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Appeared in the Desert Sun Newspaper&nbsp;written by Joan Boiko is the communications manager for the Palm Springs Unified School District.&nbsp;</span></span></em></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-17007962826173511052015-10-02T17:58:00.000-07:002015-10-02T17:58:08.283-07:00Residency Wrap and enter the DIGICOM Learning Institute. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What a difference a year makes. My residency with the Palm Springs Unified School District last year has turned into something all together different, DIGICOM Different. My residency with DIGICOM, culminating in a celebration in May at the <a href="https://www.digicomfilmfestival.com/news-2/item/99-digicom-2015-was-a-hit" target="_blank">DIGICOM Film Festival</a> and an unforgettable week of Professional Development training with PSUSD teachers in June.</span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W_T7cOUJNeI" width="560"></iframe> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now I find myself spending much more time in Palm Springs, now as Director of Curriculum &amp; Professional Development, responsible for continuing the outreach to teachers following the training institutes. Also there are very exciting prospects for expanding the reach of video empowered teachers beyond the valley and at local universities. I'm still just awestruck by some of the educators I get to work with like </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nancy Blair an </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">English Teacher, DATA Academy Cathedral City High School.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many teachers leave a DIGICOM training excited and energized to apply the new skills &amp; ideas they learned into their classrooms. The thrill discovering a new way of communicating content and the sudden awareness of being “literate” in the language of film lead many to re-imagine the way they teach. Few have embraced their role as Teacher/Producer as completely than Nancy Blair, English teacher in the DATA Academy at Cathedral City High School.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Thanks to multiple digital storytelling workshops and continued professional development, I’m able to integrate this visual and technical support into my curriculum and produce exciting projects, both for myself and for my students.” says Nancy. She describes a perfect moment when technology provided by the District and DIGICOM’s training and support combine to encourage her and her students to make movies about what they’re learning. &nbsp;Blair continues, “While the District issued iPads to all its willing teachers, DIGICOM has given me the skills, support, and encouragement necessary to take this leap into the world of digital storytelling. “</span><img height="277" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/B0EKECcZwHxfEX7Va2c2QcEc6lm8Ax49KhPmvPUjxTEEqoaLJS-40QgOByoDwoe41dJJ0a838EHBoR_3rzdYoXmqe3WEusfgJoNLSo7ZBMT5dh_J8l7LhdHZWjKmXWgF2XM=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0rad); border: none;" width="400" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> &nbsp;Nancy learning to shoot video with her iPad </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">at DIGICOM Winter Training in January 2015</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nancy began strong &amp; fearless last year following-up her first DIGICOM workshop with a unit in her English class that explored the themes of George Orwell’s 1984 and challenged her students to create original movies inspired by those themes, not merely a review or recreating of the original text. “It was really quite amazing and gratifying to see a teacher really pick up on this so quickly.”, said DIGICOM’s Frank Guttler. “Within a week after the training, Nancy already had a solid lesson plan, for a video unit that didn’t just test the content of the novel, it tested the ideas of the novel!”&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nancy describes the process of turning her classroom into a mini-movie studio, “Students have formed production teams, complete with unique titles, and are brainstorming and generating ideas for their films. Students will pitch their best ideas so that they can get whole class feedback and narrow down their many ideas to one strong concept. Then, screenwriting process begins. Each production team has three to four members and at least one of them has strong knowledge of state-of- the-art equipment and software necessary for production. Other team members will be responsible for writing the script, creating the storyboard, scheduling shooting and voice over recordings, acting, etc. .”</span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="206px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/g9fL3pKr4sA1aXb9m7AR1aTIGF7mhZdXrJxKuTL18CJwucNQb6ZU60TXGVMdR5N__jY-duKhcfcC6QJ5Q6aY4QKR7RY79MyHOInyvoc3WX1jNjKPsC7f0AQ9k0a-sUB1=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="275px;" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="206px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/KAUt1SL5AtQzi3_UG19KGemYIFWvPTNCkpdFhDZk5YLcxzKKy8pJZwXvLFtKXPVJYAxVPvSQHZNYjcYV0_7MO4ngbGClyyiKiRZ-kWmiLQtnroCJRncgXrT15W0MoR9oqQ=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="275px;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Nancy shoots her own 1984-inspired project with the help of a student &amp; DIGICOM mentor Frank Guttler</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can see student projects from Nancy’s unit on George Orwell’s 1984 both of which were screened at this year’s DIGICOM film Festival here: </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOLUS </span><a href="https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/sykutr7o0okd5j19uxnn37lrqn4yus9v" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/sykutr7o0okd5j19uxnn37lrqn4yus9v</span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THEY’RE WATCHING </span><a href="https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/ix7vmjnlq2yg7obtwqpkj8b2zee56ngm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/ix7vmjnlq2yg7obtwqpkj8b2zee56ngm</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Nancy’s initial success with curriculum-infused digital storytelling, she’s become an advocate of the process and of DIGICOM at her school site. We were so impressed with her energy and imagination as an educator that Nancy was invited to be a lead faculty member at this Summer’s DIGICOM Workshops in June where she co-presented the Student Screenwriter’s and she still managed to get her next video project ready to go for the Fall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I have to say I’m really excited about this semester’s digital storytelling project!” Blair says with barely contained excitement, &nbsp;“Senior DATA students have read, analyzed, and discussed materials in Expository Reading and Writing, Module II, which explores Aristotle’s three types of appeals used in persuasion. I don’t want to give too much away, but essentially, students will use elements of digital storytelling to create a film which supports and demonstrates their understanding and effective (or ineffective) use of these appeals. The project will allow students to be both creative and analytical, while fully adhering to several priority ELA Common Core State Standards.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preview Nancy’s new English unit on Aristotle’s three types of appeals here:</span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link Nancy’s Script &amp; Storyboard .pdf </span><a href="https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/f92hyoog0ze2sduibbtt339fd3i2vnli" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/f92hyoog0ze2sduibbtt339fd3i2vnli</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link Nancy’s Prototype video </span><a href="https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/5cvk7ctap4yjdca22gntxse59quqlwn6" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://digicomfilmfestival.box.com/s/5cvk7ctap4yjdca22gntxse59quqlwn6</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Changing classrooms, paradigms and futures takes a special combination of Creativity, Curiosity, Conviction and Courage, traits that identify the most successful DIGICOM teachers. Cultivating these traits in educators here in the valley and beyond is what puts the gas in my tank. I'm looking forward to continuing this journey in the desert. For those of you who share the dream of Screen Ed, these are interesting times.</span><br /><br />Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-42059076493853205032014-11-24T23:33:00.000-08:002014-11-26T08:57:15.066-08:00Residency Dispatch: Palm Springs, California USA<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_default"><h4><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vwt1d8B-KME/VHOHDEWy_uI/AAAAAAAAFr0/qU7uwXsB2hU/s1600/greetings-from-palm-springs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vwt1d8B-KME/VHOHDEWy_uI/AAAAAAAAFr0/qU7uwXsB2hU/s1600/greetings-from-palm-springs.jpg" height="251" width="400" /></a></div></h4></div></blockquote><i><b>"Our eyes have been opened. We can never view movies in the same way after working with Frank Guttler. We all agree that we cannot watch a film without counting shots, looking at transitions, or noticing camera angles. The students laughed as one student joked, “Mr. Guttler has ruined movie watching for me forever!” - Julie Barda, Raymond Cree Middle School, Palm Springs</b></i><br /><br />Fostering the development of good digital storytellers means building their production skills so that every bit of imagination and magic on the page of their script makes it to the screen. I've been spending a lot of time during this residency working with teachers like Julie Barda and their students on developing a working appreciation of the complex language and grammar of the screen. It's a language most of us 'read' intuitively "leaning back" during a night of TV at home with the family or at the local cineplex. What happens to these students when they are challenged to "lean forward" with a critical eye to the media they consume everyday is often startling to them and their teachers. Suddenly, students are actively accessing an understanding of visual language they have carried in their heads for years and their teachers have a valuable new tool to engage them as producers of media, not just consumers. It begins by understanding the grammatical relationship between a Shot and a Scene.<br /><br />Video stories are comprised of shots &amp; scenes. A scene is a part of the story that takes place in one location. Scenes are created from a sequence of shots. A shot is a single piece of film or video created when the camera begins recording until the end of the recording. Shots are usually edited (trimmed) into clips and combined into a series of clips called a scene. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-InQ3utG68WA/VHYGUZx29iI/AAAAAAAAFsE/SaqtKQ0Fr-E/s1600/Mockingbird%2BStill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-InQ3utG68WA/VHYGUZx29iI/AAAAAAAAFsE/SaqtKQ0Fr-E/s1600/Mockingbird%2BStill.jpg" height="293" width="400" /></a></div><br />Shots=Sentences, Scenes=Paragraphs and so on. The medium may differ but the telling of great stories remains central to the human experience.<br /><br />Good screen grammar doesn't just apply to planning or shooting scenes. Making smart choices when editing a project is as also about recognizing how like good punctuation, an editing transition can help tell you story in the clearest visual language. The most basic transition is called a cut. Think of a cut as the period at the end of a visual sentence. A cut is a simple switch from one clip to another. In most cases a cut is the best choice to keep your story moving.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/17905994" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/17905994">60 Second Tutorial- Editing Transitions</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5494825">Lights Camera Learn!</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />When using cuts in the video editing process you should question the reason for your choices. Cutting may:<br /><ul><li>Change the scene&nbsp;</li><li>Compress or expand time&nbsp;</li><li>Vary the point of view&nbsp;</li><li>Build up an image or idea&nbsp;</li></ul>Less abrupt transitions are achieved with the fade, dissolve, and wipe but chances are your editing program has many many other types of flashy, 3D or motion transitions. Editing transitions are fun to use, but they have narrative meaning. Like bad punctuation, flashy effects that look cool often do real harm to your story.<br /><br />Watch what happens when you take a classic movie action scene and use the worst possible transitions to keep the story moving. I call it 'Cutting like an 8th grader'.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/39304039" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/39304039">Lost in Transition</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5494825">Lights Camera Learn!</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />I promise it's the last time you will see such poor editing choices coming out of the classrooms participating in this Residency. <br /><br />It's been an exciting Fall, such a privilege to have the opportunity to harness the energy and momentum of the teachers I met during the DIGICOM Summer Workshops. Based on what I've seen, it's going to be a very productive Winter and Spring! Stand by...<br /><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><br /></div></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-8546769635437722062014-10-29T18:50:00.000-07:002014-10-29T19:59:01.480-07:00On our way!: My Digital Storytelling Residency with the Palm Springs Unified School District.<div class="itemIntroText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Summer professional development season at PSUSD has ended and the school year has started. It was a particularly eventful summer for the DIGICOM family with two major events serving over&nbsp;<em>120 teachers.&nbsp;</em></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><em><br /></em></div></div><div class="itemFullText" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><div style="margin-left: 40px;">The summer season ended with the return of Bernajean Porter who delivered a four-day Digital Storytelling intensive workshop and I was honored to work with the District's best and brightest at the Common Core Conference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7CSZXP2wEjM/VFGWe5_ehgI/AAAAAAAAFUA/xdf5AbNHFAw/s1600/e9c724eeb5636d1c1c1a2c2e85d40377_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7CSZXP2wEjM/VFGWe5_ehgI/AAAAAAAAFUA/xdf5AbNHFAw/s1600/e9c724eeb5636d1c1c1a2c2e85d40377_M.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;">What an amazing week of learning and imagination! The teachers I met were an inspiring group of educators and I'm looking forward to hearing more of their stories.This coming school year will be the beginning of DIGICOM's new outreach to PSUSD; the Artist in Residency Program and I'm proud to begin working with district schools, teachers and students alongside Ms. Bernajean Porter.&nbsp; I think there is no more appropriate example of the promise of what we began this week than this video, a storyboard animatic produced by Ms Trinidad Rios from Palm Spring High School during my workshop at the Common Core Conference. Her rough draft of a story she's developing on artist Salvador Dali' is enchanting!<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/105488321?title=0&amp;byline=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/105488321">"My Story is About...."</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/digicom">DIGICOM Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;">I'm looking forward to a magical year with PSUSD and DIGICOM as we strive to inspire understanding of how to tell compelling stories inside curriculum. If you were at a DIGICOM Learning Institute sponsored PD workshop this Summer, tell us about your experience at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:digicomfilmfestival@psusd.us" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; color: #f54a05; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;">digicomfilmfestival@psusd.us</a>.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br />So far after only 2 weeks visiting and coaching students and educators, I'm seeing some amazing things.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><div class="itemIntroText"><ul style="list-style-type: circle; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: inherit;">Matt Riley the Science-Engineering teacher at Cathedral City High School (CCHS)&nbsp; is preparing to produce a documentary about his class' construction of a solar boat set to compete in the Inland Empire Solar Challenge next year.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nzoPNsMYlaM/VFGXwu01EQI/AAAAAAAAFUM/i3Z9FXeS2dQ/s1600/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nzoPNsMYlaM/VFGXwu01EQI/AAAAAAAAFUM/i3Z9FXeS2dQ/s1600/unnamed.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-434L0kB8wkg/VFGXzyz5OTI/AAAAAAAAFUU/Kc2b8lDr74I/s1600/unnamed-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-434L0kB8wkg/VFGXzyz5OTI/AAAAAAAAFUU/Kc2b8lDr74I/s1600/unnamed-3.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fMcNUcLmftM/VFGX8tPf2II/AAAAAAAAFUk/fzHW-LzLA7A/s1600/unnamed-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fMcNUcLmftM/VFGX8tPf2II/AAAAAAAAFUk/fzHW-LzLA7A/s1600/unnamed-2.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><ul style="list-style-type: circle; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: inherit;">As part of her unit on George Orwell's 1984 and the modern surveillance state, English teacher Nancy Blair from the CCHS DATA Academy has already storyboarded an example video for her students on how texting language has some of the same dangers to critical thinking that NewsSpeak did in the novel.</li></ul></div><div class="itemFullText"><ul style="list-style-type: circle; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hJRx7cJD4x0/VFGX4wZIwwI/AAAAAAAAFUc/0GHxDKDRKok/s1600/unnamed-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hJRx7cJD4x0/VFGX4wZIwwI/AAAAAAAAFUc/0GHxDKDRKok/s1600/unnamed-4.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><li style="line-height: inherit;">Mario Cruz' 6th period art class have already used their iPads to begin learning shooting and composition basics ahead of a new project that will incorporate video and green screen effects to bring their art and personal statements to life!</li><li style="line-height: inherit;">Seasoned and accomplished district video teachers like Tom Buck at Cathedral City and Jamie O'Neil at Desert Hot Springs are imagining new ways to enhance their students' learning experiences and new after-school movie clubs are beginning to form at Ramon Alternative &amp; Rancho Mirage High Schools.</li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;">Given DIGICOM's theme this year is&nbsp;<em>"On Our Way"</em>&nbsp;then by the looks of things, I'd say we are off to a great start!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;">After an unprecedented, record breaking and very exciting summer of professional development workshops where DIGICOM delivered multi-faceting training to approximately 120 Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) teachers reaching over 4,55​0 student​s​​, the real work for​ the DIGICOM Artists-in-Residence program ​began this month.&nbsp; With critical post-workshop ​follow-up, this year ​DIGICOM teachers are being assisted with ​in-class student support as we all learn to incorporate the new digital literacies into the Common Core and Digital Arts curriculum. ​</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;">As one of the DIGICOM Artists-in-Residence, it was a very busy first week​ for me.&nbsp;I reunited with enthusiastic learners I met over the summer, getting to know some of their students and meeting some wonderfully supportive administrators on-site and in the district office.&nbsp; It hit me this week how much I am enjoying this opportunity to be able to actually provide follow-up support after training.&nbsp; This is a luxury I am not usually given.&nbsp; Being able to help make the goals set in the initial workshop a reality is a special gift.&nbsp; Thanks to DIGICOM and PSUSD for making this opportunity possilbe and for making me feel so welcome! This is for real folks; we're&nbsp;<em><strong>"On Our Way!​"</strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TiEhr0uYXys/VFGYWpeb1vI/AAAAAAAAFUs/fV72N90R-Ew/s1600/2cebfdae7a8ea5d691033c085990a9d4_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TiEhr0uYXys/VFGYWpeb1vI/AAAAAAAAFUs/fV72N90R-Ew/s1600/2cebfdae7a8ea5d691033c085990a9d4_M.jpg" height="315" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;">Watch this space for more about my year in Palm Springs and DIGICOM....</div></div></div></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-34777260154341500262014-03-24T10:57:00.001-07:002014-03-24T10:57:51.811-07:00Digital Storyteling and the Common CoreSomeone told me recently that I need an "Elevator-Pitch" to support video &amp; digital storytelling in the Common Core classroom.<br /><br />Ok, going up?<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/89934905" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/89934905">DS&amp;CC</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5494825">Lights Camera Learn!</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Of course, this is nothing new. A lot of really smart people have been working towards this goal for years and I personally think it's the time for this now more than ever!<br /><br />Thank you <a href="http://www.frankwbaker.com/vl_lessonplans.htm" target="_blank">Mr. Baker</a>, <a href="http://digitales.us/resources/digitales-storymaking-steps" target="_blank">Ms. Porter</a>, <a href="http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/index.cfm" target="_blank">Mr. Ohler</a>, <a href="http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html" target="_blank">Ms. Schrock</a>, <a href="http://prezi.com/ip6t96y4v2lo/digital-storytelling-and-the-common-core/" target="_blank">Mr. Hodgson</a>, <a href="http://prezi.com/ewrx9xhjhadm/digital-storytelling-writing-media-literacy-and-the-common-core-tapestry/" target="_blank">Ms. Frawle</a>y, <a href="http://digitales.us/sites/default/files/digitalstorytellingarticle.pdf" target="_blank">Mr. Davidson</a>, <a href="http://helenbarrett.com/portfolios/SITEStorytelling2006.pdf" target="_blank">Ms. Barrett</a>, &amp; <a href="http://www.ifets.info/journals/15_4/31.pdf" target="_blank">Mr. Hung</a>, <a href="http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/11970.pdf" target="_blank">Ms. Madden</a> and <a href="http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/" target="_blank">the University of Huston</a>.<br /><br />Just to name a few...<br /><br /><br /><br />Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-30108044461398554592014-03-14T08:45:00.001-07:002014-03-14T10:06:06.188-07:00My campifre chat with Bernajean Porter.I was the guest on Digital Storytelling guru Bernajean Porter's Campfire Chat podcast recently where we spoke about using film/video production to achieve Common Core Standards &amp; 21st Century Literacy in core subject classrooms. Ms. Bernajean and I met in Beijing, China a few years ago as during a wild week at the Flat Classroom Conference.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2010/10/flat-classroom-conference-beijing-2011.html?q=Flat+Classroom+Conference"><img alt="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2010/10/flat-classroom-conference-beijing-2011.html?q=Flat+Classroom+Conference" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-stfNj9qpWUI/UyMh5nbiR9I/AAAAAAAAFAg/sYwdS5Ifv2w/s1600/FLatclass+china+still.004.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Campfire Chat podcast is a production of the International Society for Technology in Education's (ISTE) digital storytelling special interest group.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/8029a6fc/5992143"><img alt="https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/8029a6fc/5992143 " border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGTz8L-jqNo/UyMiqus5_EI/AAAAAAAAFAo/IQFjRNm_sZU/s1600/-2.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br />During the hour-long conversation entitled "Hollywood Comes to the Classroom", topics ranged from the fundamentals of screen grammar, creating visual narratives with thoughtful shooting &amp; composition and classroom-ready challenges &amp; resources.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A3980RXDICw/UyM2Q_piarI/AAAAAAAAFA4/cENW1CVHRfs/s1600/CREW-UP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A3980RXDICw/UyM2Q_piarI/AAAAAAAAFA4/cENW1CVHRfs/s1600/CREW-UP.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I had a blast presenting again with Ms. Bernajean, you can watch the replay here: <br /><a href="https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/8029a6fc/5992143" target="_blank">https://www.fuzemeeting.com/<wbr></wbr>replay_meeting/8029a6fc/<wbr></wbr>5992143</a><br />**warning, it will buffer for a while but is worth the wait #stayonline** Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-6349195434080787712013-07-10T12:10:00.000-07:002013-07-10T12:10:54.421-07:00Rock Star Teachers Assemble @ USS Hornet for Top Gun Professional Development<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NdszS_7rhUs/UXGac8r4xsI/AAAAAAAAElk/a2n4L6h86V0/s1600/+RS+Hornet.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NdszS_7rhUs/UXGac8r4xsI/AAAAAAAAElk/a2n4L6h86V0/s400/+RS+Hornet.png" height="225" width="400" /></a><span class=""> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="">The&nbsp; <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1" target="_blank">CUE's </a></span><span class=""><span class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1" target="_blank">ROCK STAR TEACHER SUMMER CAMP</a> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="">on-board the </span><span class=""><span class="">aircraft carrier </span></span><span class=""><span class=""><a href="http://rs.cuetoyou.net/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet" target="_blank" title="">USS Hornet</a> Museum </span></span></span></span>is sold out and the course is set for Awesome! </span>&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">With a focus on STEM &amp; History themes makes this floating piece of living American History the ideal place for exploration, inquiry and discovery and once again I find myself on the bill with some of the EdTech World's 'Gods of Rock' including </span><a href="http://twitter.com/jcorippo" target="_blank" title="">Jon Corippo</a><a href="http://twitter.com/mhall209" target="_blank" title="">, Mark Hall,</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><a href="http://twitter.com/willkimbley" target="_blank" title=""><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Will Kimbley</a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/guster4lovers" target="_blank" title="">, Cheryl Morris</a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/sampatue" target="_blank" title="">, Sam Patterson</a>, Pam Rickard<a href="http://twitter.com/ctuckerenglish" target="_blank" title="">, Catlin Tucker</a> and John Stephens.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /><div class="gmail_default"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">First, understand what makes Rock Star so unique an opportunity for quality Professional Development...it's just simply awesome-er!</span></span><span class=""><span class=""> There are Google Certified Teachers, Apple Distinguished Educators, and YouTube Star Teachers presenting.&nbsp; </span></span><span class="">My crewmates &amp; I will be shredding with hands-on, make &amp; take sessions across the STEM spectrum</span><span class=""> and we will be<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><i>partying on a freakin' aircraft carrier!!&nbsp;</i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><span class=""><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MBVS50Kwiqc/UXGagVgIwNI/AAAAAAAAElw/dM5n0yohPaM/s1600/Hornet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MBVS50Kwiqc/UXGagVgIwNI/AAAAAAAAElw/dM5n0yohPaM/s400/Hornet.jpg" height="190" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class=""><span class=""></span></span><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">With my sessions I will be aiming to help participants tell the many stories of the USS Hornet, it's war stories and ghost stories through the production of mini-docs and special photo stories that make&nbsp; this unique ship <span style="font-size: small;">speak of it's own past</span>. I think the Hornet will give us the opportunity to explore </span><span class=""><span class="">Location-Based Digital Storytelling and in the process empower educators to make more of field trips, help them to see the history as stories closer to home and inspire them to make movies of them!<br /><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1" target="_blank"><b><span class=""><span class="">Come join the party! Rock Star: U.S.S. Hornet is going to be epic!</span></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PK_VTawWMIU/UXGajxeGVYI/AAAAAAAAEl4/tW68r7NJE_U/s400/7252951498_6c216b87d3_b.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="">These days are filled with bleeding-edge Ed Tech and some of the smartest and most creative educators in the state. This year Rock Star will be held</span><span class=""><span class=""> July 31st and August 1st. </span></span></span></span><br /><div class="gmail_default"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To get on the waitlist for this CUE Rock Star camp, click here.</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br /><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Camp includes meals and optional lodging* on the boat.</u><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">Note that you must bring your own bedding, this is a camping adventure!&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.25;">$289 to camp out on the U.S.S Hornet overnight, meals and CUE Classic Rock admission</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 1.25;">$259 for meals and CUE Classic Rock admission</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 1.25;"><br /></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/rock-star-teacher-summer-tech-camp/home/summer-2013/rock-star-hornet/rock-star-uss-hornet-sessions?pli=1">Click Here</a> for more information.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class=""><span class=""><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="gmail_default"><span class=""><span style="font-size: x-small;">Watch this space and<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the CUE Rockstar</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/cuerockstar">twitter feed</a> for updates.</span> </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class=""><br /></span></span></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-13525040864453836462012-09-11T11:53:00.000-07:002012-09-13T11:25:22.940-07:00Digital Storytelling readiness for 5th graders @ Zurich International School <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} p {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style> <br />I'm always thrilled to have the opportunity to work at one of the over 4000 International Schools in the world. I think these programs are an ideal way for learners of all ages to gain invaluable perspective on the world and people from other cultures. I’ve worked with teachers and students in Qatar and China as part of the Flat Classroom conferences and enjoyed getting to know the unique people who live and work on the international teaching circuit.<br /><br />I jumped at the chance when Mike Boulanger, a colleague I met at Qatar Academy in Doha, reached out to say he's moved on to Switzerland and asked if I be interested in working with the 5th grade teachers and students at the <a href="http://www.zis.ch/"><b>Zurich International School</b></a> Campus in Wädenswil, just outside of Zurich. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc_ymsRRuYM/UE9wrKawD8I/AAAAAAAAETo/KreuP1R3HPI/s1600/IMG_1617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc_ymsRRuYM/UE9wrKawD8I/AAAAAAAAETo/KreuP1R3HPI/s200/IMG_1617.jpg" width="200" /></a><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style>An International School is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge International Examinations. With budget cuts and standardized testing pressure narrowing the breadth of student learning here in the States, I was heartened by the openness and enthusiasm for media literacy and production as a core 21<sup>st</sup> Century skill that I saw that reflected by the ZIS faculty and staff from the top down including the principal Viki Stiebert and the team of 5th grade teachers; Alice Sikora, Dan Allen, Drew Davis and Therese McKinley.<br /><br />Fifth grade had just begun a unit of inquiry about how movies Entertain, Inform and Provoke and the plan was to get all 80 students in the 5th grade ready for a year of creating movies and digital stories with their new iPads. Although my experience with K-5 is not as deep as with middle or high school, I saw this as an ideal opportunity to see how well the <a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2008/11/activating-screen-ed-process-door-scene.html">AFI Door Scene</a> would translate to an audience of international learners. Logistics posed an immediate challenge by simply trying to find available doors and moving production teams around this very busy school. What was not a problem was how skilled these students already were with both the iPad device and the basic functions of iMovie for iOS.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q8QmXZBgAF8/UE-HasmicGI/AAAAAAAAEUY/dL8ccqBq4Jk/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q8QmXZBgAF8/UE-HasmicGI/AAAAAAAAEUY/dL8ccqBq4Jk/s200/4.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcfZcmZPHhE/UE-HYG8drUI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/RPx9DwxXNtg/s1600/P9040036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcfZcmZPHhE/UE-HYG8drUI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/RPx9DwxXNtg/s200/P9040036.JPG" width="200" />&nbsp;</a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nPrtBnHVMg4/UE-Hhljp7rI/AAAAAAAAEUg/b6YhD51rdI8/s1600/P9040050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nPrtBnHVMg4/UE-Hhljp7rI/AAAAAAAAEUg/b6YhD51rdI8/s200/P9040050.JPG" width="142" /></a></div>&nbsp;The script interpretation, team building and storytelling challenge of the Door Scene what just what these learners needed to build on their emerging film making skills, knock them out of the wild "birthday party" documentary mode of shooting and into the mindset of using screen language by creating scenes made up of individual shots. The students understood right away how a shot can relate to a written sentence and how a scene is like a visual paragraph. I was thrilled to see in the peer reviews in the first round of rough scenes the students keyed right into the value of changing up shots to tell a richer story.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5G3tZJP0_cM/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G3tZJP0_cM?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G3tZJP0_cM?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br />While the students started eagerly creating storyboarded versions of their improved scenes, I spent some time with the Team 5 teachers to debrief them on the entire Door Scene process including the critical next step, the Switcheroo! Everyone was excited to see the students' reaction to having their boards taken and interpreted another group. I've been doing Door Scenes for years and it's always my favorite moment. I'm happy to say what their reaction disappointingly lacked in pre-teen wailing and gnashing of teeth, they more than made up for it with some surprisingly faithful interpretations of their peers' surprisingly well rendered storyboards, not to mention some astute and respectful feedback of each others work.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q_qcKJ_M58E/UE9w6W7l0uI/AAAAAAAAETw/H3rRw3qzJDw/s1600/IMG_1609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q_qcKJ_M58E/UE9w6W7l0uI/AAAAAAAAETw/H3rRw3qzJDw/s400/IMG_1609.jpg" width="256" /></a>Time flew by way too fast during my stay at ZIS. On my final day I watched as these 5th graders wandered the halls&nbsp; and shot their final scenes and using Movie Industry language to communicate with their crew mates and other teams with strong, confident voices calling for; "Quiet On The Set", "Rolling!" and "Cut!". The teachers marveled at how far their students have progressed with their technical and storytelling skills and I could see wheels turning in the heads of these remarkable educators about where to go next. There is nothing more gratifying for me to see so much inspiration and excitement in the eyes of these teachers and students.<br /><br />My time at ZIS ended with a gift of the largest chocolate truffle I've ever seen from the students and I was honored to have the rare opportunity to work even for a short time with such world-class educators in a world-class facility.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can see some more of the videos from my week with the 5th graders at ZIS on the grade <a href="https://vimeo.com/ziswadg5four/videos/page:2/sort:date" target="_blank">Vimeo Channel</a>.<i><b> </b></i></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-18157980072593110402012-08-30T13:13:00.001-07:002012-08-30T13:24:25.700-07:00New Digital Storytelling BYOiPad workshops presented by Staff Development Resources. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sdresources.org/seminar/list?filters[state]&amp;filters[zipdist]=100&amp;filters[zipcode]&amp;filters[presenter_id]=41&amp;commit=Go" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EFKGqSwI8Es/UD_Fe36fIbI/AAAAAAAAETQ/8jC7vsFkBGc/s320/SDR+cover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>I'm proud to announce I'll be leading a new series of BYOiPad workshops presented by Staff Development Resources.<br /><br />I'll be in Chicago &amp; Minneapolis on December 3 &amp; 4 and<br />Charlotte &amp; the D.C. area on December 10 &amp; 11.<br /><br />In town? Know somebody who needs credit hours? Come on down, I guarantee a good show!<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1040960062"><br /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1040960062" target="_blank">Staff Development Resources presents-&nbsp;</a><br /><a href="http://sdresources.org/uploads/brochure/cb175fc426a92243f395db0ecc7a792d.pdf" target="_blank">Lights, Camera, Learn!&nbsp;</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;<a href="http://sdresources.org/uploads/brochure/cb175fc426a92243f395db0ecc7a792d.pdf" target="_blank">&gt;&gt;download brochure &lt;&lt;</a></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-65674938866550502382012-08-27T14:25:00.000-07:002012-08-27T14:30:57.621-07:00Now booking keynotes & workshops thru Premier Motivational Speakers Bureau<a href="http://premierespeakers.com/frank_guttler/"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://premierespeakers.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="84" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fLpjtqMyYeM/UDvhHdeycZI/AAAAAAAAESs/YCXhN0IjIOE/s320/psb%2Blogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I've joined the ranks of Premier Motivational Speakers Bureau and am in the heady company of such EdTech luminaries as David Warlick, Alan November, Will Richardson and Marc Prensky. Feeling a bit like Ringo Starr...'Whatever you lads decide, I'm just happy to be here'!<br /><br />Already, I've traveled to Miami Florida to Keynote at the Summer Choices Institute at the Miami-Dade School District and worked with some very eager media learners. I sat down for a Skype interview with Ryan Giffen, my agent at Premier about some new ideas for teaching and learning with video. <a href="http://premierespeakers.com/frank_guttler/video/18592"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://premierespeakers.com/frank_guttler/video/18592" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aNCrfiSi2og/UDvjyrwM9QI/AAAAAAAAETA/0msW88rEu5k/s320/PSB%2BSkype.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://premierespeakers.com/frank_guttler"> <b>Check out my Premier Motivational Speakers Bureau profile page.</b></a>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-62329511599678363022012-05-31T14:31:00.001-07:002012-05-31T14:31:06.905-07:00Former student gives commencement address. Instructor promises not to cry.One of my star students at Wilkes University, Ms. Laura Joy Perales is a high school teacher at the Nashville School of the Arts in TN. This week she received her master of science degree in Instructional Media and was asked to give the commencement speech. Laura Joy was the kind of student that made being a teacher so rewarding and her words at commencement I think can inspire everyone facing new beginnings. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c7cZW80jLk4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The Wilkes Instructional Media Program is conducted entirely online and commencement weekend was Laura's first visit to the Wilkes campus, in this was the first time I've ever see her or heard her voice, funny right? I think this all means good things for distance and online learning. Learn more about this program at <a href="www.wilkes.edu/instructionalmedia">www.wilkes.edu/instructionalmedia</a>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-64294376629635539042012-03-27T15:51:00.004-07:002012-03-27T16:11:35.531-07:00Lost in Transition: Using good screen grammar in the edit bay.Video stories are comprised of scenes, sequences, and shots or clips. A scene is a part of the story that takes place in one location. Scenes are created from sequences and shots. A shot is a single piece of video created when the camera begins recording until the end of the recording. Shots are usually edited (trimmed) into clips and combined into a series of clips called a sequence. A sequence shows the same action from different perspectives to move the story forward. A transition is used to join clips. You have probably viewed many video transitions on television and in movie theaters. <br /><br /><a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2009/11/60-sec-tutorial-editing-transitions.html" target="_blank">I've written in this blog in the past </a>about making smart choices when editing your project and how like good punctuation an editing transition can hanlp tell you story in the clearest visual language. The most basic transition is called a cut. A cut is a simple switch from one clip to another. In most cases a cut is the best choice to keep your story moving. When using cuts in the video editing process you should question the reason for your choices. Cutting may:<br /><ul><li>Change the scene </li><li>Compress or expand time </li><li>Vary the point of view </li><li>Build up an image or idea </li></ul>Less abrupt transitions are achieved with the fade, dissolve, and wipe but chances are your editing program has many many other types of flashy, 3D or motion transitions. Editing transitions are fun to use, but they have narrative meaning. Like bad punctuation, flashy effects that look cool often do real harm to your story.<br /><br />Watch what happens when you take a classic movie action scene and use the worst possible transitions to keep the story moving. I call it 'Cutting like an 8th grader'.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39304039" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;">'Nuff said? : )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-22995229445112044422012-03-09T10:41:00.000-08:002012-03-09T10:46:36.127-08:00New grants announced for Arts Education Professional DevelopmentI'm pleased to announce my Lights, Camera, Learn! workshop series has been listed on the <a href="http://pd.laartsed.org/provider/detail/dee6ed15-e17d-4b64-9f09-9d2100e5ca0d/9aaa4c2e-2cf1-4b0f-8792-9d2e00d830b3">LA County Arts Commission's ARTS for ALL Professional Development Directory</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eiGWCUxbBZc/T1pNimCZAXI/AAAAAAAADF4/tnIX5EwQAzM/s1600/LCL_ArtsPage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eiGWCUxbBZc/T1pNimCZAXI/AAAAAAAADF4/tnIX5EwQAzM/s400/LCL_ArtsPage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>LA County Arts just announced over $600,000 in new grants for 'professional development in arts education customized to the needs of Los Angeles County school districts'. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lacountyartsforall.org/for-school-districts/teacher-pd-grant-program" target="_blank">Grant applications are due Wednesday, April 4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ...Get Some!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J0dCpRdBmWo/T1pPcV0KmtI/AAAAAAAADGA/dX0oX1hlosk/s1600/Small_CUE_2012_Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J0dCpRdBmWo/T1pPcV0KmtI/AAAAAAAADGA/dX0oX1hlosk/s200/Small_CUE_2012_Logo.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Headed to the Computer Using Educators Conference in Palm Springs?<br />Drop by my session <a href="http://2012.cue.org/event/dd4ef9a79ff5eeb6c612f773251e5503" target="_blank">"10 Lessons for Better Video in the Classroom"</a><br />and say Hi!Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-38731868768780544082010-11-12T12:07:00.000-08:002013-02-18T18:57:33.063-08:00My Middle School Residency ends with students making movies and a teacher making plans for change.Lisa Scaltrito's 8th grade class presented their 'American Stories' short films at the Skirball Center recently, culminating <a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2010/09/la-middle-school-selected-for-month.html">my month-long residency with Notre Dame Academy</a>. The projects, which screened as part of AFI Fest 2010, explored themes of immigration and identity and challenged the production teams to research their own cultural heritage and tell the story of a fictional immigrant to America. In addition to an intensive week of basic digital storytelling training, the students had two field trips to the Skirball Center to gain inspiration from the Center's <a href="http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=225">"American Journeys" &amp; "Thousand Journals" </a>exhibits.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3pybVpshlE/USLqBEPa8tI/AAAAAAAAEkY/ZkPVYrmCq4g/s1600/TOWTA_LOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3pybVpshlE/USLqBEPa8tI/AAAAAAAAEkY/ZkPVYrmCq4g/s320/TOWTA_LOGO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jn4R2U7b604/USLpvm5oq2I/AAAAAAAAEkQ/JD-qFPlnG5s/s1600/NDA+Crew+Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This project was based on the "Thousand Words" lesson I use to teach basic storytelling in editing technique and was modified to align with the Notre Dame's social studies curriculum and <a href="http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=229#americanstories">Skirball's Arts in Education outreach</a> goals.&nbsp; Six student teams were given a basic outline for their immigrant including; Age, Gender, Country of Origin and a decade of immigration.&nbsp; Student teams wrote character bio, a 1 page story narrative and finally 2 column video script. They used online resources like the <span id="goog_2000284779"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Library of Congress' American Memory Archive<span id="goog_2000284780"></span></a> and others to find images that represent their immigrant's life and finally combine the images with narration, music and sound to create their own unique immigration story.<br /><br />Team Wei's Journey to America tell the story of a young girl's immigration from China. One of two teams that narrate their movie in the native language of the country with English subtitles.<br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n0mmT7Uae-o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n0mmT7Uae-o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Team Alejandra produced this story about a young woman fleeing a civil war torn Cuba and making a new life in America and also make some astute observations about assimilating in American culture. Notre Dame Principal Lilliam Paetzold volunteered her own family photos to be re-interpreted by her students.<br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iu9HU3lQ0K4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iu9HU3lQ0K4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />All the students wrote self-evaluative essays following the final screening at the Skirball and many wrote about how they'll never look at TV or film the same again and how they were amazed about how much they learned about working as a team, managing, problem solving and creating. Their veteran teacher, Lisa talks about being transformed by this experience and by the leap of faith she took to get out of her students way and to let them drive their own learning. <br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zPTqrWc-m5g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zPTqrWc-m5g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Both Lisa and NDA's Principal are planning to build on this experience by doing much more media and technology infused projects at all grade levels in the future. I was moved and inspired by my experience at Notre Dame Academy; Lilliam Paetzold and Vice-Principle Ellen O'Shea and their supportive staff for giving Ms. Scaltrito the faith and freedom to really engage with this project. I'm grateful to Emily Mahon and The Skirball Center for the opportunity to work with such bright, talented and creative young filmmakers, the Notre Dame Academy Class of 2011.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jn4R2U7b604/USLpvm5oq2I/AAAAAAAAEkQ/JD-qFPlnG5s/s1600/NDA+Crew+Picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jn4R2U7b604/USLpvm5oq2I/AAAAAAAAEkQ/JD-qFPlnG5s/s320/NDA+Crew+Picture.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TNnud50MtjI/AAAAAAAACl0/JDmV4f4OtJQ/s1600/DSCF1358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />&gt;&gt;Quick Plug&lt;&lt; I'll be leading a <a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=217">1-day Storytelling in Editing workshop at the LA County Office of Education</a> in Downey next month and in January I will present more about this residency and modeling the Thousand Words Project at <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/sessions?s=QSHOWA001NSI">Macworld Conference and Expo, 2011</a> in San Francisco. Click on the banner below for 15% discount on your conference registration.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rcsreg.com/macworld/speaker"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TNrh96DJFuI/AAAAAAAACmE/mbf1ydDLrqs/s1600/Macworld+Banner2.jpg" /></a></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-90757421512659109852010-11-02T07:11:00.000-07:002010-11-02T07:11:44.683-07:00Frank's Fall Workshop Series. Get the best of Lights, Camera, Learn! before Winter break!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=216"><img border="0" height="117" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLzXcVXxIYI/AAAAAAAAChY/1S_iv-cT8fk/s400/ito_logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Registration is now open for a series of my workshops sponsored by the LA County Office of Education's Instructional Technology Outreach including deeply discounted tuition on a 2 day classic Door Scene training and if you've been following my Digital Storytelling residency at Notre Dame Academy and want to know more about the "1000 Words" project, then you might be interested in my December workshop "Storytelling in Editing.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">These 'make &amp; take' workshops are very popular and you will learn:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">• Basic visual grammar and the difference between a shots and scenes<br />• Organize and improve ﬁlmmaking with storyboards<br />• Experience hands-on how to use video cameras</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">• To access free images for educators from the Library of Congress.<br />• Basic editing with the latest version of iMovie.<br />• Proper narrative use of transitions and effects.<span style="color: blue;">&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=216" target="_blank">Lights, Camera, Learn!: Opening the Door to Video in the Classroom</a><br />11/12&nbsp; 04:00 PM - 08:00 PM <br />11/13&nbsp; 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM <br /><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=216" target="_blank">Register Now!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=217" target="_blank">Lights, Camera, Learn!: Storytelling in Editing</a><br />12/11&nbsp; 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM <br /><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=217" target="_blank">Register Now!</a><span class="UIStory_Message">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLzmVpqF4RI/AAAAAAAAChg/wcSEG9If4dY/s1600/DSC05248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLzmVpqF4RI/AAAAAAAAChg/wcSEG9If4dY/s200/DSC05248.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">I know my old Screen Ed vets out there would get a lot out of this! Need a refresher? Bring a friend and start a film unit at your school!&nbsp; <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz3-mjJ-R9RDOGYwZGYyYzYtZDNkZi00ZDJhLWExMWItMzU1NWJiYTlhNDc3&amp;hl=en&amp;authkey=CJWi4acE">&gt;&gt;&gt;Download the Flier&lt;&lt;&lt;</a></span></span>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-2303559182616408872010-10-20T12:52:00.000-07:002010-10-20T12:52:26.946-07:00Flat Classroom Conference Beijing 2011 opens registration, with me as presenter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLz6taSL8tI/AAAAAAAAChk/hTiDnT7DHio/s1600/FlatClass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLz6taSL8tI/AAAAAAAAChk/hTiDnT7DHio/s400/FlatClass.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SXeK4z-LD9I/AAAAAAAABLQ/CKnz3U85BZY/s1600/Logo_justFC.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SXeK4z-LD9I/AAAAAAAABLQ/CKnz3U85BZY/s1600/Logo_justFC.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">My friends Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis have announced the speaker line up for the <a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/index.html">2011 Flat Classroom Conference in Beijing, China</a> and I'm honored to be among the distinguished line-up of educational leaders like, Bernjean Porter, Kim Cofino, Andrew Churches and of course our hosts Julie &amp; Vicki!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLzcfIc2QvI/AAAAAAAAChc/W4NEea0eYIs/s1600/9444592.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TLzcfIc2QvI/AAAAAAAAChc/W4NEea0eYIs/s1600/9444592.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">The Flat Classroom™ Conference is a unique limited-seating conference including students and educators to envision the future of education as they use leading technology tools such as wikis, blogs, social networking and multi-media storytelling. The conference is diverse in participation while allowing smaller groups with leading world-class presenters in a "flattened" environment where virtual participants join in the conversation from remote corners of the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Educators will leave the conference understanding how to collaborate globally and with contacts in hand to start projects. Students will leave the conference with leadership skills, technology skills, presentation skills, and a better understanding of diverse cultures and collaboration.</span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Registration for the Conference and I'm certain a life changing experience in China is now open at the <a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/index.html">Flat Classroom™ Conference website.</a> I had the privilege presenting at the Flat Classroom gathering in Doha, Qatar and it was amazing! If you have the travel bug and wish to learn and teach with colleagues from around the world won't you join us in Beijing February 2011? </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/register-now.html">Register Now! </a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">More on this to come...</span>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-67471112728886667992010-09-14T11:01:00.000-07:002010-10-21T17:15:33.713-07:00L.A. Middle school selected for month-long Digital Storytelling Residency ...with Me!I'm thrilled to announce that in association with the Skirball Cultural Center I'll be leading a month-long Digital Storytelling Residency for the students in Mrs. Scaltrito's 8th grade class at Notre Dame Academy in West Los Angeles.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TDtzLI1VSWI/AAAAAAAACbE/634MKSs7kRY/s1600/Skirball+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TDtzLI1VSWI/AAAAAAAACbE/634MKSs7kRY/s400/Skirball+logo.jpg" width="400" /></a>This in-school residency will take inspiration from objects in the Skirball’s core exhibition. I will guide this middle school class through the process of creating high-quality documentaries. Students will learn to use still images, storyboarding, and editing techniques as a way to illuminate themes of heritage, immigration, community, and identity. The student films will then be presented by the student directors at the AFI FEST Screen Education screenings taking place at the Skirball in November 2010.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TMDXcYGT0PI/AAAAAAAACis/_XL3xplNc4A/s1600/NDA+Crew+Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/TMDXcYGT0PI/AAAAAAAACis/_XL3xplNc4A/s320/NDA+Crew+Picture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=229#americanstories">'Our American Stories' Documentary Film Residency</a> is based upon my very popular 'Thousand Words' lesson that develops both technical production skills but also important storytelling skills. How an image is composed, read and interpreted can give that image the power to inspire and arouse great passion and sometimes great change.<br /><br />I originally developed this lesson for my video class at I-Poly H.S. that would challenge my students to 'read' a picture and to really think about how they use, and often misuse, editing tools such as transitions and effects.<br /><br />First, I set up a series of photo buckets with my Picasa account containing some historic photographs by Dorthea Lang and Lewis Hine from the Library of Congress' collection. You can see all the photos <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/Lange_Internment?feat=directlink">here</a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/HineChild?feat=directlink">here</a> and <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/Lange_Dustbowl?feat=directlink">here</a>. Pretty powerful stuff!<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/Lange_Internment?feat=directlink" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282355653204683890" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SU6yer6KrHI/AAAAAAAABHc/yy-C9L2SZlY/s200/Lange_Internment5.gif" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 158px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/Lange_Dustbowl?feat=directlink" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282359101470246002" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SU61nZsvhHI/AAAAAAAABH8/Tk8_QEkkYRg/s200/Lange_Dust3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 164px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 145px;" /></a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/101west/HineChild?feat=directlink" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282356666704886770" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SU6zZrfce_I/AAAAAAAABH0/mdycPxX1Sj4/s200/Hine_Child5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 158px; width: 229px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />I assigned the students to make a 90 second photostory with photographs from folders that corresponded to their last name. I asked them to look at each photograph for a minute and develop a point of view and a story from 6 of the 10 images provided. The goal is to get them to narrate a story, visually and for them to learn the narrative value of properly used editing tools like transitions and pan &amp; scan techniques of the Ken Burns Effect.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4aH52kSCARM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4aH52kSCARM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />In addition to using the editing tools, they also composed their own music with Garage Band. The students seemed to get a lot out of the project, and as usually the case with good project-based assignments, I found them doing a fair amount of independent research about their photographs. Research that went well beyond what I was looking to teach them about making good editing decisions.<br /><br />Here are some nice examples of completed "Thousand Words" projects:<br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFUEemQeKyE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFUEemQeKyE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Anne R.'s take on the the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2 from Dorthea Lange's photographs.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRnEn7fOL7o&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRnEn7fOL7o&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />Karissa N. was moved by Lewis Hine's images of child labor in America during the Industrial Revolution.<br /><br />Looking at the results, ultimately I think this approach was far more interesting for everyone than a dry tutorial on effects and transitions....not that there is anything wrong with that. :)<br /><br />I can't wait to showcase the work of Mrs. Scaltrito's students here on Lights, Camera, Learn! here and during the AFI Fest in November. Stay Tuned!</div></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-46227528016473167442010-03-09T11:08:00.000-08:002010-05-06T18:51:31.314-07:00iPod Nano video camera in professional development...who knew?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S-NxNyXu9OI/AAAAAAAACUU/EsPoBuAlTKE/s1600/bestofcue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S-NxNyXu9OI/AAAAAAAACUU/EsPoBuAlTKE/s200/bestofcue.jpg" width="113" /></a></div>This iPod Nano Video workshop has just been named Best of CUE, as evaluated by the attendees and participants of the CUE 2010 Conference in Palm Springs. <br /><br />It's pretty easy to be a snob about video cameras if you went to film school. It's a Hi-Def, progressive-scanned, 1080i pixel resolutioned, cine-geek's wonderland! I have learned since then, most often by necessity, that good work can be done with the simplest tools at hand.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />So when I was challenged by my friends at the recent <a href="http://www.cue2010.org/">Computer Using Educators Conference</a> to present a Lights, Camera, Learn! workshop featuring the video camera on the new iPod nano , I was intrigued.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S5alHmaT3-I/AAAAAAAACTw/_nx1mZ_FZA4/s1600-h/Ipod+nano.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446722349339762658" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S5alHmaT3-I/AAAAAAAACTw/_nx1mZ_FZA4/s200/Ipod+nano.jpg" style="display: block; height: 142px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 333px;" /></a>This new 5g <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/">iPod Nano</a> is certainly cool, it boasts a video camera, FM radio, pedometer among its extra features and absent a world with flying cars, the new nano is strong proof that the future is here! It captures certainly 'good enough', cell-phone quality video and sound, but it's so light and small you wonder if a strong gust of wind might blow it away let alone allow you to shoot steady enough video to be useful for anything beyond goofing around at a birthday party.<br /><br />If The Professor could take a couple of coconuts and make a nuclear reactor or McGyver disable a spy satellite with a shoelace and pack of gum then I can teach the <a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2008/11/activating-screen-ed-process-door-scene.html">Door Scene</a> to a conference audience with an iPod!<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxUDsekKfQQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxUDsekKfQQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Hold your camera with both hands, rehearse your shots &amp; have fun with some of the effects was all this group really needed to team up and run with our 3 hour mini-film school in Palm Springs. A few basic moves and the iPod's easy download to a recently refreshed <a href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/">iMovie</a> made for a surprisingly productive and downright fun workshop for everyone. This one project in particular I think made excellent narrative use of the Nano's on-board effects suite. Have a look, I hope you ordered your Door Scene 'extra creepy'!<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYtfYJVhGAE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYtfYJVhGAE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Moral of the story is a parable for teaching and learning in the digital age. It's not the size of your mega-pixels that matter, it's what you download with them that counts!Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-18821011645441624762010-03-01T20:40:00.000-08:002010-03-01T21:08:03.545-08:00Movie Trailer Recuts: It's all in the editing...Editing is sometime called a story's final re-write. It's the stage in post-production when all of the story elements are finally assembled. For movies, editing means weaving pictures &amp; sounds, using cuts and transitions to control pace &amp; mood. In movies what happens in the edit suite can make or break the director's story...or tell an entirely different one.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2T5_0AGdFic&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2T5_0AGdFic&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gf7h6o3I8yw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gf7h6o3I8yw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="425" height="344"></embed><br /><a class="uqitlssrwqllmesuxiuf" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gf7h6o3I8yw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></a><a class="uqitlssrwqllmesuxiuf" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gf7h6o3I8yw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></a></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/frUPnZMxr08&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/frUPnZMxr08&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="425" height="344"></embed><br /><a class="uqitlssrwqllmesuxiuf" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/frUPnZMxr08&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></a><a class="uqitlssrwqllmesuxiuf" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/frUPnZMxr08&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></a></object><br />How may times have you seen a movie trailer that looks nothing like the movie you paid to see? Marvel at the skill of the trailer editor, for they know how to spin a story and sell the sizzle! What some of them do to relax is a testament to the power that skillful editing has to tell engaging and sometimes completely unexpected stories.<br /><br />There is much to learn from their example...Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-2168709351407693552010-01-19T09:35:00.000-08:002010-01-19T17:37:12.835-08:00FlipVideo, Roadtrip Nation and me at California League of High Schools<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1XxOG9RI6I/AAAAAAAACPA/IDD-QgZPZKY/s1600-h/HSWebAd2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 203px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1XxOG9RI6I/AAAAAAAACPA/IDD-QgZPZKY/s200/HSWebAd2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428510150553052066" border="0" /></a>I was in beautiful Monterey, California this weekend as a proud presenter at the <a href="http://www.clhs.net/">California League of High Schools'</a> annual conference. In addition to a keynote by <a href="http://www.marzanoresearch.com/site/">Dr. Robert Marzano</a>, all manner of Google Goodness by <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/brumbaugh/">Kyle Brumbaugh</a> and a special presentation by the founders of <a href="http://roadtripnation.com/">Roadtrip Nation</a>, this conference was the premier of the 'Lights, Camera, Learn! Flip for Movies in Education' workshop.<br /><br />The concept of the workshop was simple: Take the basic process of the 'Door Scene' and apply it to the 'big red button simplicity' of the <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz3-mjJ-R9RDOGYzNTA4NjAtYzE4NS00ZDA2LWI2OGItZjg0OTMwYWEzMjc0&amp;hl=en">Flip MinoHD</a> camera. Some basic VizEd, a hands-on demo, a shooting and editing challenge...in under 3 hours! What could possibly go wrong?!<br /><br />I see some really exciting <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz3-mjJ-R9RDOGYzNTA4NjAtYzE4NS00ZDA2LWI2OGItZjg0OTMwYWEzMjc0&amp;hl=en">education applications </a>for these tiny HD cameras on the horizon. The whole <a href="http://www.theflip.com/en-us/Products/">Flip Video line by Pure Digital</a> are inexpensive, easy to use, and capture pretty good video and sound especially if the video is headed for YouTube. I think the Flips hold one advantage over tape cameras that make them ideal for education. They don't don't require a 'can opener' to work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1X6t6W0WCI/AAAAAAAACPI/HXz760QvLBQ/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 192px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1X6t6W0WCI/AAAAAAAACPI/HXz760QvLBQ/s200/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428520592531019810" border="0" /></a>Think about it, you find an old camcorder at the bottom of a desk drawer and want to use it for some project at school. Unless you also find a compatible tape, a battery or charger you or your school are on the hook for the extra stuff that makes traditional tape cameras work....the 'can opener'. Even if the that camera has a charged battery and a tape, if you intend to do any editing or sharing you also need a cord to import the video and some software to edit and share your movie.<br /><br />The Flips are ready to go out of the box with 60 or 120 mins worth of flash memory, a pop-out USB arm for importing files and charging the internal battery AND the simple, functional and cross-platform <a href="http://www.theflip.com/en-us/Products/flipshare.aspx#scene=sceneMain">FlipShare</a> management &amp; editing software built right in. I think these cameras are ideal for cost-conscious and borderline techno-phobic educators looking to jump into project-based learning with video.<br /><br />I think for a first time out with a new workshop it went really well in Monterey! The teachers and administrators all seemed to enjoy playing with their new toys and getting quick lesson on visual language and filmmaking.<br /><div> <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(89, 86, 83); font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 5px;"> Discover Simple, Private Sharing at <a href="http://drop.io/">Drop.io</a> </div> <object width="400" height="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/videoPlayer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="flashvars" value="mediaPath=http://drop.io/download/public/52q4vt2deejt2ryd78g6/22344851afe72230c738824308d0e5f11c9a1dfb/b323f1f0-e1da-012c-0848-fdedf7c22a1d/007e9680-e511-012c-70eb-f85a4979ef57/v2/content&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mediaTitle=Door.m4v"> <embed src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/videoPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" flashvars="mediaPath=http://drop.io/download/public/52q4vt2deejt2ryd78g6/22344851afe72230c738824308d0e5f11c9a1dfb/b323f1f0-e1da-012c-0848-fdedf7c22a1d/007e9680-e511-012c-70eb-f85a4979ef57/v2/content&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mediaTitle=Door.m4v" width="400" height="300"></embed> </object></div><br />I need to thank my fellow lead-learner Jim Sill from <span class="bio">Visalia for expert assistance. The video below </span><span class="bio">was part of my ill-fated iMovie demo</span><span class="bio"> and is of the class getting to know each other and the camera. enjoy!<br /><div> <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(89, 86, 83); font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 5px;"> Discover Simple, Private Sharing at <a href="http://drop.io/">Drop.io</a> </div> <object width="400" height="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/videoPlayer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="flashvars" value="mediaPath=http://drop.io/download/public/52q4vt2deejt2ryd78g6/aae6774cd6b7d1b699f480bf3a24f34f7f163c3a/b323f1f0-e1da-012c-0848-fdedf7c22a1d/dc2f3b20-e50f-012c-be75-f6ca1222de33/v2/content&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mediaTitle=CLHS_Door.m4v"> <embed src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/videoPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" flashvars="mediaPath=http://drop.io/download/public/52q4vt2deejt2ryd78g6/aae6774cd6b7d1b699f480bf3a24f34f7f163c3a/b323f1f0-e1da-012c-0848-fdedf7c22a1d/dc2f3b20-e50f-012c-be75-f6ca1222de33/v2/content&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mediaTitle=CLHS_Door.m4v" width="400" height="300"></embed> </object></div><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1X--6vjrEI/AAAAAAAACPQ/2e53WkkfYl8/s1600-h/preview_image_store.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/S1X--6vjrEI/AAAAAAAACPQ/2e53WkkfYl8/s200/preview_image_store.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428525282739072066" border="0" /></a>I have to double back and say a few words about the <a href="http://roadtripnation.com/">Roadtrip Nation</a>, imagine two guys just out of college and with no clue what to do with their lives. So they borrow an old motor home from the parents, paint it green and tour the us interviewing interesting and inspring people on camera about their journey. That roadtrip spawned a PBS series, books and an international following of young people taking their own roadtrips of self-discovery. Their website has a huge archive of interviews and stories, applications to participate in future seasons of the show. Roadtrip Nation also has a battery of materials and curriculum for educators, we're looking at a Roadtrip Nation program at LA County.<br /><br />Remember, I've got another another FlipVideo in Education workshop on Saturday February, 27th at the <a href="http://www.clms.net/conferences/clms.htm">California League of Middle Schools' conference</a> in Sacramento. The workshop includes a Flip MinoHD camera! I'm also speaking at the <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/sessions?s=QSHOWA0000DU">Macworld 2010 Users Symposium</a> on Febrary 12. I actually feel pretty honored to be on the bill for this event, there are some amazing speakers and educators presenting, including:<br />Milton Chen, Rushton Hurley, Carol Ann McGuire, Marco Torres, Chris Walsh, Randy Nelson and on and on. If you are interested in attending use the promo-code they gave me...check it out! I have my own promo-code!!!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SwzXmiOEIzI/AAAAAAAACKk/KNr0NRPWO00/s1600/Macworld_sp_FGuttler.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 52px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SwzXmiOEIzI/AAAAAAAACKk/KNr0NRPWO00/s320/Macworld_sp_FGuttler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407934309585920818" border="0" /></a></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-80294660454761030772009-11-13T11:41:00.000-08:002009-11-24T23:10:30.224-08:0060 Sec. Tutorial: Editing TransitionsWhile prepping for a <a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2008/12/thousand-words-storytelling-and-editing.html">'1000 Words'</a> Workshop for the <a href="http://www.caea-arteducation.org/www/Pages/conference.html">California Art Education Alliance</a> and need to present a quick editing transition tutorial in the about the time it takes to watch a TV commercial.<br /><br />What to do when it's really just about bringing two clips together? Sounds like a video clip Love Connection! Here is what I came up with.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4aH52kSCARM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4aH52kSCARM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />While I've got you here, I thought I'd post some upcoming workshop dates in 2010:<br />January<br /><a href="http://www.clhs.net/conferences/clhs.htm">16 California League of High Schools Conference - Monterey</a><br />23 <a href="http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=48&amp;Itemid=44#teachprof">Skirball Center - Los Angeles</a><br />Feburary<br />9-13 <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/WWWRoot/allspeakers?c=CSHOWA00000C">Mac World Expo - San Francisco</a><br />25-28 <a href="http://www.clms.net/conferences/clms.htm#focus">California League of Middle Schools Conference</a> - Sacramento<br />March<br /><div style="text-align: left;">4-6 <a href="http://www.cue.org/conference/workshops/1/">CUE Conference - Palm Springs</a><br /></div>26-27 <a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=162">Los Angeles County Office of Education</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SwzXmiOEIzI/AAAAAAAACKk/KNr0NRPWO00/s1600/Macworld_sp_FGuttler.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 42px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SwzXmiOEIzI/AAAAAAAACKk/KNr0NRPWO00/s320/Macworld_sp_FGuttler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407934309585920818" border="0" /></a></div>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-36457237382049404182009-09-10T16:59:00.000-07:002009-09-10T18:14:38.132-07:00The Wilhelm Scream and the rise of modern sound editing.You may have not heard of the Wilhelm Scream, but if you’re a fan of the westerns or creature films of the 50’s, watched television during the 60’s or 70’s or seen anything made by George Lucas then you know what it sounds like. BEWARE!! Once you know that the scream you hear is Wilhelm’s you will hear it everywhere!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cdbYsoEasio&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cdbYsoEasio&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />One of the most overlooked film making disciplines is the tapestry of sound created by the Sound Designer. The soundtrack of a film contains much more than the dialog of the actors and some background music. The Wilhelm Scream is a historical artifact of the development of how sound is used to help movies tell stories.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmWzIIFkfI/AAAAAAAAB1k/sDmJo0rCMXU/s1600-h/featherriverwil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 197px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmWzIIFkfI/AAAAAAAAB1k/sDmJo0rCMXU/s320/featherriverwil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379997034969666034" border="0" /></a>The scream originally appeared in the 1951 Warner Bros. Gary Cooper film "Distant Drums". In "The Charge at Feather River" (1953), the scream is heard when a soldier named Pvt. Wilhelm is shot in the leg with an arrow, which is how the sound got it’s name. The recording was archived into the studio's sound effects library, and was re-used in many Warner Bros. productions including "Them!" (1954), "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955), "The Sea Chase" (1955), "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), "PT-109" (1963) and "The Green Berets (1968).<br /><br />The same recurring sound was noticed by sound effects fan Ben Burtt (<span style="font-style: italic;">who was robbed of an Oscar for his work on “Wall-E”</span>) who later was hired by George Lucas to create sound effects for Star Wars, he found the scream while doing research in the Warner Bros sound library. Ben adopted the scream as a kind of personal sound signature, and included it in all the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" films, as well as many others.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmXRifoMoI/AAAAAAAAB1s/L4HZBkEmeO8/s1600-h/starwarswil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 157px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmXRifoMoI/AAAAAAAAB1s/L4HZBkEmeO8/s320/starwarswil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379997557443801730" border="0" /></a>Since then, other designers have used the sound in over <a href="http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm.html">150 movies</a> and television episodes including "Poltergeist" (1982), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Planet of the Apes" (2001), "Toy Story" (1995), "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003)"Madagascar" (2005), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "The Fifth Element" (1997), Reservoir Dogs" (1992), "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), Tropic Thunder (2008), "The X-Files," "Angel," and "Family Guy."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmYqkY-uRI/AAAAAAAAB10/XQYNxpOb0Q0/s1600-h/shebwooley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SqmYqkY-uRI/AAAAAAAAB10/XQYNxpOb0Q0/s320/shebwooley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379999086961146130" border="0" /></a>One of the great mysteries of The Wilhelm Scream is who’s voice was on the original recording. Studio records are not conclusive, but sound designer and film historian Steve Lee suggests the scream belonged to Sheb Wooley a musician and character actor - but is probably most famous for the song "Purple People Eater," which in 1958 spent six weeks at Number One and sold 3 million copies.<br /><br />Veteran Sound Designer Mark Mangini ("Gremlins"(1984),"Star Trek"(2009) describes the Wilhelm Scream as in a class by itself, fortunately and a sound designer "in" joke that's finally been outed. Whereas at the beginning of the industry expensive and heavy recording equipment kept the library of sound effects small and somewhat stock, the emergence of lighter more portable technologies gave designers greater choice in the sounds they can use. The trend in the industry now is to create more unique soundscapes and the use of sounds like Wilhelm and other familiar sounds like it are generally accepted that repeating library sounds is bad form, at least in cinema.<br /><br />Mangini says “Sound Designers now strive to create iconic sounds for their individual projects. You should strive to make the sounds of your individual project resonate with the audience and create unique synergy yet, this goal should not extend beyond a given project. Can you imagine hearing the light sabers anywhere but in a Star Wars film?”<br /><br />I agree, I love the movies and like the idea that the sound artists are striving to tell new stories with their soundtracks not just referencing old ones. I think that artifacts like the Wilhelm Scream can also open important discussions about how films are made and how sound is used by professionals to tell the best most compelling and original stories possible.<br /><br />Many thanks to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005625/">Mark Mangini</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006354/">Steve Lee</a> and <a href="http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/">hollywoodlostandfound.net </a>for the images appearing on this post and for documenting this little gem of film history.<br /><br />More on the Wilhelm Scream:<br />Wikipedia - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Scream">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Scream</a><br />The History of the Wilhelm Scream - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxALy22utc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxALy22utc</a>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-66101226992792736432009-07-07T10:09:00.000-07:002009-07-07T11:36:21.884-07:00NECC for the ADD & Lights, Camera, Learn workshop this week!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.neccning.org/profile/FrankGuttler"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SlOCSs-2whI/AAAAAAAABmU/vZuppId3_aM/s320/NECC+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355767639697703442" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.neccning.org/profile/FrankGuttler">The National Education Computing Conference (NECC)</a> came and went so fast this year I barely had time to blog about it. It was a quick trip to our nation's capitol for me, but I had time to see many friends here on the EdTech frontier. I got to see <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/profile/RockOurWorld">Carol Anne McGuire's Rock our World</a> presentation and my <a href="http://flatclassroomconference.ning.com/">FlatClassrom collegues Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis</a>. It's wonderful how they're building ties between classrooms around the world!<br /><br />I got to meet my virtual colleagues at <a href="http://www.wilkes.edu/instructionalmedia">Wilkes University</a> in person, including the <a href="http://www.discoveryedspeakersbureau.com/">Discovery DEN gang</a>. Speaking of Discovery, I caught Hall Davidson's 10 Things to do with Video presentation with Joe Brennan. <a href="http://www.discoveryedspeakersbureau.com/node/119">Hall is a great presenter and is most generous with his handouts and resources.</a><br /><br />This was the first NECC in five years without an official AFI presence, and since ISTE saw fit to feature it on the conference streaming site this year, I'm proud to present the<a href="http://screennation.afi.com/channels/LightsCameraEducation"> AFI ScreenEd</a> session I lead at NECC '08 in San Antonio.<object data="http://www.istevision.org/includes/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.7.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="286" width="380"><param name="movie" value="http://www.istevision.org/includes/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.7.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="config={&quot;key&quot;:&quot;$4594fc684bc3738aa7e&quot;,&quot;playlist&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://bitcast-g.bitgravity.com/techit/de77af04673bdf4.jpg&quot;,&quot;scaling&quot;:&quot;fit&quot;},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://bitcast-g.bitgravity.com/techit/de77af04673bdf4.flv&quot;,&quot;autoPlay&quot;:false,&quot;autoBuffering&quot;:false,&quot;scaling&quot;:&quot;fit&quot;}],&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;all&quot;:false,&quot;scrubber&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;time&quot;:true,&quot;autoHide&quot;:&quot;always&quot;}},&quot;clip&quot;:{}}"></object><br /><br />There was too much to see and not enough time to do it all, especially with all of America's history and treasure just steps away on the National Mall. My week in Washington was a blur but a blast!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SlORqjnvNUI/AAAAAAAABms/-htsuB3F4Mc/s1600-h/LCL1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SlORqjnvNUI/AAAAAAAABms/-htsuB3F4Mc/s320/LCL1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355784542176097602" border="0" /></a></div> <span style="font-weight: bold;">***Workshop ALERT***</span><br />There are still some seats available for my <a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=88">Lights, Camera, Learn! Workshop</a> this Friday at the Los Angeles County Office of Education in Downey. If you have some video projects planned this fall or just want to shoot better vacation video this summer, Come on Down!<br /><p>In this hands-on workshop, teachers and administrators of all grade levels and subjects will learn how to use ﬁlmmaking as a tool to engage student learning. This is a classic 'Door Scene' Workshop, and is appropriate for all levels of learners.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SlOPTrN3ICI/AAAAAAAABmk/vLflf4ptF7g/s1600-h/DSC05252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 173px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SlOPTrN3ICI/AAAAAAAABmk/vLflf4ptF7g/s320/DSC05252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355781950054801442" border="0" /></a></p><p>You will learn:<br />• The difference between a shots and scenes<br />• Organize and improve ﬁlmmaking with Storyboards<br />• Experience hands-on how to use video cameras </p><p>$35<br /><a href="http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=88">http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/registrant_create.pl?workshop=88</a></p>Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-14705261475271354472009-06-16T12:07:00.000-07:002009-06-16T19:24:44.642-07:00My First ClassThis week International Polytechnic High School in Pomona graduates it's class of 2009 and with it, the students of I-Poly Video. This year was my first year as a classroom teacher, these were my first students!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SjfxdpVDi0I/AAAAAAAABdI/hFg7n5Z66mA/s1600-h/Ipoly+ROP+class.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SjfxdpVDi0I/AAAAAAAABdI/hFg7n5Z66mA/s320/Ipoly+ROP+class.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348008574138420034" border="0" /></a><br />The California state sponsored career-track outreach called ROP gave me opportunity to pilot a video class at a high school, which was a big change from the professional development training I was doing at AFI. Piloting a program in this case also meant designing a curriculum with engaging projects. I was lucky in that my class was motivated, adaptable and creative. Qualities any career counselor will tell you are critical keys to success. So, I had that going for me...which was nice.<br /><br />So, the kids were learning to be filmmakers and I was learning to be a teacher. We had a lot of fun this year. Here's what we came up with.<br /><br />Filmmaking is part of the curriculum at I-Poly, every student makes a movie as part of their study of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. So, I wanted to start by building on basic skills. Learning the different shots what they look like and how they are composed is key and I used a project called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shooting Gallery</span> to get the students working as a crew filming a series of storyboards and then right into editing.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVoU3WkWfFY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVoU3WkWfFY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Good lighting is a most often overlooked aspect of production. Because the human eye does such a good job adjusting to different light levels we don't think about it when we shoot and then wonder why our video looks so bad. I introduced the concept of <span style="font-weight: bold;">3-Point Lighting</span> to the group with a video project to shoot a simple lighting set-up and then deconstruct each of the elements, Key, Fill and Back Light. The challenge going forward was getting the students to continue to use the techniques in their future projects. As an assignment in isolation I still think they did fine and did see better looking videos after.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aak2dSrTEH0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aak2dSrTEH0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />I've written on this blog before about the <a href="http://frankguttler.blogspot.com/2008/12/thousand-words-storytelling-and-editing.html">'Thousand Words Project'</a>, which builds better editing skills by using transitions and the Ken Burns Effect for maximum storytelling effect. If you've ever seen someone using and overusing flashy effects and transitions you know how distracting they can be. I'm sure there is a valid narrative use for the <span style="font-style: italic;">exploding star wipe</span>, I've just not seen it yet. We did two rounds of Thousand Words at I-Poly this year and I could see a marked difference in skills between projects, the students seemed to really enjoy the creative aspect of essentially a technical assignment.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PU1SPx_RwaE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PU1SPx_RwaE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Building basic production skills was only a part of a ROP program. Employment skills like resume building and industry specific entry level job skills are also mandated by the state. The students have to know how to handle themselves on the set and in the office. Since the first job any of them is likely to have would be with a local production house or reviewing hours of raw tape for a reality show I wanted a project that would model the most realistic, tedious and thus marketable skills. The class created syndication promos using episodes of the Discovery Channel series PLANET EARTH. First they got to know their assigned episode by building a byte-log of interesting clips from their episode complete with time-code, then they wrote three scripts for the promo; 30, 20 &amp; 10 seconds each. Finally, they assembled each version. I think these projects will be the most impressive in their portfolios.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t5b-UnW5fHU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t5b-UnW5fHU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />They later went on to script, storyboard and produce original local market commercial spots.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGyq1cj8rd8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGyq1cj8rd8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />These kinds of career/technical classes benefit from the voices and experiences of people working in the industry. Beyond the experience of the instructor, guest speakers are common. I had the problem of convincing a professional to make the 50 mile drive out to Pomona for a late afternoon class. I knew there had to be an easier way to bring some of real Hollywood into my class. I found the solution in my own DVD collection and an activity called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Annotated Screening</span>. I chose a number of movies to screen with the directors commentary track for the class. Then I would use the class discussion board to post general questions about what the class learned about the filmmaking process from listening to the filmmakers. Presto! Filmmaker in the classroom minus the mileage reimbursement! We did annotated screenings of Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix, Edward Scissorhands and 2001:A Space Odyssey. The online discussions were lively and fit nicely into the student's social networking routine. One of my favorite moments was during the discussion 2001 when a student commented <span style="font-style: italic;">"From this movie, I now get a bunch of jokes on The Simpsons."</span><br /><br />Eventually, the students started to work individually and in teams to document various school activities and to produce PSAs on important topics. This week the producers of I-Poly video walk the stage with their High School diplomas and ROP certificates of completion.<br /><br />George Lucas is often quoted saying 'Films are never completed, they are merely abandoned', I kind of feel the same way about this work-in-progress pilot course at I-Poly. Only time will tell if any of my students will find careers in an uncertain economy and a swiftly changing entertainment industry, regardless they've made me proud.<br /><br />As for me, I had the life-changing experience of being a teacher and developed a deeper respect for those who do this job everyday! Pray for a miracle in education funding this year...I'm just getting the hang of this!Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658999068180631867.post-67253557070617556792009-05-30T13:52:00.000-07:002009-05-30T14:21:53.968-07:00America's Promise Alliance Impact Academy, Washington D.C.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SiGjOjZrcQI/AAAAAAAABcY/7pDGSwPwQ6w/s1600-h/Untitled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 98px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SiGjOjZrcQI/AAAAAAAABcY/7pDGSwPwQ6w/s320/Untitled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341730103454560514" border="0" /></a>I'm in our nation's capitol this week to participate as a speaker at Colin Powell's youth outreach organization <a href="http://www.americaspromise.org/">America's Promise Alliance</a>. This conference is called an Impact Academy and will bring together more than 150 young people with leaders from the nonprofit, business, politics and journalism sectors to discuss the challenges facing children and youth today and how they can work with the different sectors to empower their peers and increase the nation’s high school graduation rate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SiGhyoBOElI/AAAAAAAABcQ/JI_xGdtPpLk/s1600-h/0530091238.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 193px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zoxd-8bYuTc/SiGhyoBOElI/AAAAAAAABcQ/JI_xGdtPpLk/s320/0530091238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341728524146184786" border="0" /></a>I and my <a href="http://filmyourissue.com/index.shtml">Film Your Issue</a> colleague HeathCliff Rothman will be presenting a basic visual literacy session to students interested in filmmaking. Conference participants will be challenged to return to their communities with ideas around using the arts to serve young people in need, community action and advocacy, career exploration, living healthy lifestyles and successful strategies for leveraging school-based programs to support peers and community.Frank Guttlerhttps://plus.google.com/103834672764016751144noreply@blogger.com2